From 42c07543f240fa360f556f9a1d7553d35ee016a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ajax146 <31014239+ajax146@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 06:28:37 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add pinging members functionality to /factoid call

---
 techsupport_bot/commands/factoids.py | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/techsupport_bot/commands/factoids.py b/techsupport_bot/commands/factoids.py
index 5490f7f6d..0cd31121e 100644
--- a/techsupport_bot/commands/factoids.py
+++ b/techsupport_bot/commands/factoids.py
@@ -982,13 +982,17 @@ async def send_to_logger(
         },
     )
     async def factoid_call_command(
-        self: Self, interaction: discord.Interaction, factoid_name: str
+        self: Self,
+        interaction: discord.Interaction,
+        factoid_name: str,
+        member_to_ping: discord.Member = None,
     ) -> None:
         """This is an app command version of typing {prefix}call
 
         Args:
             interaction (discord.Interaction): The interaction that triggered this command
             factoid_name (str): The factoid name to search for and print
+            member_to_ping (discord.Member): A member to ping in the output
 
         Raises:
             TooLongFactoidMessageError: If the plaintext exceed 2000 characters
@@ -1055,6 +1059,9 @@ async def factoid_call_command(
             # The not embed causes a ValueError in certain cases. This ensures fallback works
             content = factoid.message
 
+        if member_to_ping:
+            content = f"{member_to_ping.mention} {content}".strip()
+
         if content and len(content) > 2000:
             embed = auxiliary.prepare_deny_embed(
                 message="I ran into an error sending that factoid: "